Mitch McConnell's role in Senate deal disputed

Democrats say McCain led GOP

2:55 AM,
Jul. 18, 2013

Sen. Mitch McConnell

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After Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid finished lunch Wednesday, he strolled by the Capitol Hill office of Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and scooped up a handful of Hershey's Kisses.

"I want it to go back to Kentucky. ? Down the corridor, I stopped at McConnell's office to get my chocolates," Reid said, referring to his Kentucky Republican counterpart.

That was all the Nevada Democrat got. He and McConnell did not meet Wednesday. And neither would shed more light on who was responsible for a last-minute deal reached Tuesday over Senate rules that avoided deeper partisanship. ...